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Irish Independent
18 hours ago
- General
- Irish Independent
Around the Districts: Around the Districts: Ardcath/Clonalvy, Curraha and Julianstown
Contact Any news or items of interest contact Niamh at 086 3477283 or email niamhuiloinsigh@ Ardcath Tidy Towns If anyone would like to be involved with Ardcath Tidy Towns, please WhatsApp 087 8354805 to be added to the Tidy Towns WhatsApp Group. Michael Fox Ardcath Tidy Towns Committee. Ardcath ICA Social Dancing continues every Monday evening in Bennetts Function Room at 7pm. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Ardcath Guild Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm in Bennetts Function Room Ardcath - New Members welcome. Clonalvy Patron Day Clonalvy Patron Day will be held on Sunday 29th June. Mass at 1pm in Saint John the Baptist Church followed by Blessings of the Graves in Clonalvy Cemetery at 1.30 p.m. St. Vincent's GFC Lotto Results 16th June. Numbers Drawn were 1-21-41 No Winner. Next week's Jackpot €1,050. Windfall draw takes place on Monday night @ 9.00pm. Play before 6pm Monday at Text Alert Duleek & District Community Text Alert covering Duleek, Bellewstown, Ardcath/Clonalvy, Donore, Beamore, Rathfeigh, Stamullen, Gormanston, Julianstown subscription of €6 can now be paid for free by Revolut. Please send your name & address along with payment to 086 8097737. If you're not already registered with Text Alert, please consider doing so. CURRAHA Contact Curraha GAA Some of our title winning Ladies team paid a visit to St. Andrews, Curragha to show off the recently won League trophy. The kids were delighted to meet the girls and get their hands on the trophy. Hopefully they will inspire the kids to go on to win many trophies of their own for the club, starting with this weeks Under 13 League final. Curraha Tidy Towns Calling everyone to come out the 1st Saturday of each month to clean up your area. Bags can be provided if required ring Deirdre on 0868868917 or Marcella on 0876744691. Please drop the full bags back to the Church carpark for collection by the County Council. Let's be proud of our village. ADVERTISEMENT St. Andrew's National School, Curragha What a great way to end the year! St. Andrew's N.S. has been awarded three flags this month: the Blue Star Flag, the Amber Flag and the Green Flag for travel. The flags were raised on Friday 20th June and families and the whole community were invited to attend this great occasion. Sumer Holidays: we wish all our children, parents, teachers and staff a fabulous holidays and look forward to seeing you all in September. Deposit Return Scheme We are collecting plastic bottles and aluminium cans for the Deposit Return Scheme at our school every Thursday morning at the hall door. Thank you to all our families who are bringing plastic bottles and aluminium cans to our Deposit Returns Scheme for collection every Thursday morning. Thank you to our 3rd class pupils who helped sort them out this week. Thank you to our Parents' Association who collect them and return them on the school's behalf. Support our School Lotto – Contact Julianstown Tidy Towns Judging for Meath County Council Pride of Place takes place in Julianstown on Tuesday lst July at 2.05 pm. Our judge is Aoife Munn who also judges for the Supervalu National Tidy Towns. Julianstown Tidy Towns Volunteers have commenced work in the village on Saturday mornings and Tuesday evenings. We have been replanting the raised beds in the village, cleaning the kerbs of weeds, and cutting back overhanging branches. Larry Lenehan has carried out a great clean up of the bridge wall – thanks Larry. Many thanks to Uniplumo for supplying the bedding plants for all the raised beds – they look wonderful. 14 planters have been placed all around the village and special thanks to those who have volunteered to water them throughout the summer. Meet in the Community Garden at 10.30 am on Saturday morning or join us on Tuesday evening at 7 pm. What's App group – Julianstown Volunteers Group for exact dates, times and where to meet up. . New members are always welcome, and we would appreciate any extra help you can give. Just wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Gloves and tools will be provided. Then afterwards enjoy a cuppa tea or coffee with the gang. Would you like to Volunteer for Julianstown Tidy Towns? There are lots of different way to get involved like volunteering at a local event or festival or supporting more urgent initiatives that come up from time to time. These are just a few examples of roles that you could take on: Helping with our Webpage; Updating our Facebook, and Twitter Pages; Administration; Public Relations; helping with increasing biodiversity in our village and community garden; giving advice on what and where to plant flowers and trees etc. Contact us at julianstowndca@ or join our WhatsApp group–Julianstown Volunteers Group or phone Niamh on 086 3477283. Sincere Sympathy It's with great sadness that Julianstown & District Residents Association would like to pass on our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Carol McGinty who sadly passed away on the 17th of June. Our thoughts and prayers are with Carol's husband Robert, and Daughters Aoibhín, Moya, Rosaleen, Tara, parents Anne and Hugh, brothers and sister Cormac, Mark, Paul, Gary and Maria at this very sad time. May Carol's gentle soul rest in heavenly peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Active Retirement Association East Meath Active Retirement Association (EMARA) meet every Thursday in St. Mary's Church of Ireland Parish Rooms, Laytown Road, Julianstown from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm each week. New members are always welcome to join this vibrant group of men and women. We have many events and outings lined up for the coming month. For more details contact Rose at 0868377033 and Eilish at 0863656951 . Adult Dance Classes in Julianstown Adult Dance Classes with Rachel Smyth will be held each Tuesday in the Julianstown Community Centre from 10 am to 11 am. Admission is €60 for a six-week term or €12 per drop-in class. Book now on 087 9420307 Bowls Club Julianstown Bowls Club is recruiting new members. Why not come along to experience the game of bowls and have a very enjoyable evening, on Monday or Thursday from 8 to 10 pm in Julianstown Community Hall. Contact Sean on 086-8438803 or Marie 086-1525413. St. Mary's Church of Ireland All services 10.30 am. Sunday 29 June: Service of Wholeness and Healing Charity Collections: The June collection will be for the Church's Ministry of Healing. Summer work parties: take place in the church grounds from around 7pm every Tuesday evening. Although the number of people who come is diminishing, great work is achieved around the church grounds. If you are free, on any summer Tuesday evening when the weather is fine, please come along. Work around the Parish Rooms: the work around the parish rooms has been completed and everything looks lovely. Thanks again to the donor who made the paving work possible. A new fire alarm system has been installed in the church and the parish rooms. There is always some improvement or maintenance issue around our buildings! St. Mary's and St. Patrick's Church Baptism Preparation: Our next preparation meeting takes place this Tuesday, 2nd September. If you wish to register your child for Baptism please contact our parish office. Last weekend we welcomed, Arthur Asaftei, Frankie Folan and Cillian O'Leary Lynch, in Baptism. Parish Projects 2025: Repairs to the Roof and Gutters in St. Mary's Church are almost complete. We are awaiting the installation of the Facia and gutters. This Project was our last big project for our Parish for this year. In St. Patrick's Church, the upgrade of the heating system will take place in the coming weeks. All the work carried out in our Parish this year is made possible through your generous donations and support. Thank you and God bless you. Fr. Brendan. Plaque in St. Mary's Church: We are currently preparing information for the Plaque in St. Mary's. There is still time to include your intention on this Parish Plaque which will be placed in St. Mary's Church. This marble plaque will be erected in the entrance hall acknowledging all who donate towards projects. 'Benefactors' will be inscribed on the plaque. The plaque will ask all who read it to please pray for all benefactors and all the above named. If a person or family donate €500 or more, they can place their family name, or the name of a deceased loved one on the plaque. Donation sheets are available beside the Newsletters you can complete a Form and send the donation in an envelope or via bank transfer. Moorechurch Cemetery Mass and Blessing of Graves in Moorechurch Cemetery will take place on Sunday, 6th July at 11:30am. As always, we ask that visitors to the Cemetery take their rubbish/dead flowers etc., home with them. We encourage this practice to ensure the cemetery is in perfect condition for all who visit. St. Patrick's GFHC Lotto: Jackpot €9,000 drawn on 100h June. Numbers drawn: 6, 9,11,24 No Winner. Next week's Jackpot: €9,100. Sincere Sympathy: It's with great sadness St Patrick's GAA would like to pass on our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Carol McGinty who sadly passed away on 17th June. Our thoughts and prayers are with Carol's husband Robert, and Daughters Aoibhín,Moya,Rosaleen, and Tara at this very very sad time. May Carol's gentle soul rest in heavenly peace.
Business Wire
a day ago
- Business
- Business Wire
ICR's Special Situations Group Receives Multiple Rankings in Chambers and Partners' 2025 Crisis & Risk Management and Litigation PR & Communications Guides
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, is pleased to announce that it has been ranked among the best PR & Communications firms specializing in crisis- and litigation-related matters by Chambers and Partners, the world's leading provider of legal research and analysis. Chambers released its 2025 Crisis & Risk Managemen t and Litigation PR & Communications Guides today. Joan Vollero, a Partner in ICR's Special Situations practice, has also been recognized for the second year as one of the top litigation communications professionals in the country, as well as a top crisis communications professional. As part of its ranking process, Chambers and Partners conducts comprehensive interviews with lawyers worldwide who attested to the team's broad skillset, highly relevant expertise, trusted relationships with the media and highly responsive approach to client service. 'We're extremely honored to receive this recognition, which is a testament to the hard work and accomplishments of the entire ICR Special Situations team,' said Michael Fox, Managing Partner. 'Chambers is the gold standard for assessing expertise in this field and we are privileged to be included on the list with such esteemed industry peers.' Chambers and Partners' guides have been published annually since 1990 using research methods that consist of in-depth interviews with and feedback from clients and other lawyers in the market, as well as an assessment of the firm's recent work, and independent research by the editors. About ICR Established in 1998, ICR partners with public and private companies to execute strategic communications and advisory programs, and manage complex transactions and corporate events to enhance long-term enterprise value and corporate reputation. The firm's highly-differentiated service model, which pairs capital markets veterans with senior communications professionals, brings deep sector knowledge and relationships to hundreds of clients across more than 20 industry groups. With more than 400 team members, ICR is one of the largest and most experienced independent communications and advisory firms, maintaining offices in New York, Connecticut, Boston, Baltimore, San Jose, London, and Beijing. Learn more at Follow us on LinkedIn and on X at @ICRPR.
Scoop
27-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
New Zealand Food Network Teams Up With Kiwifruit Industry To Rescue Kiwifruit To Tackle Food Insecurity
Press Release – New Zealand Food Network NZFN and its packhouse partners rescued and redistributed 160 tonnes of kiwifruit in 2024, and there continues to be growing demand for support to get healthy food into vulnerable New Zealand communities. New Zealand Food Network (NZFN), the country's largest food support charity and national food rescue, is working with the kiwifruit industry this season to help feed communities in need. NZFN and its packhouse partners rescued and redistributed 160 tonnes of kiwifruit in 2024, and there continues to be growing demand for support to get healthy food into vulnerable New Zealand communities. With the support of Zespri and in partnership with a nationwide network of packhouses, NZFN is leading the charge to increase access to nutritious kai and reduce food waste in the agriculture sector. NZFN Chief Executive, Gavin Findlay, says, 'Fresh produce must pass through many hoops before it ends up on the supermarket shelves, such as needing to last long export journeys, or meeting quality standards – meaning some of the annual harvest doesn't make the cut but is still good to eat. With the help of our network of incredible organisations, we're making sure that it's going towards nourishing Kiwis who need it most.' Kiwifruit is among the most nutrient-dense fruits available, with a single gold kiwifruit providing an entire day's worth of vitamin C. Since the rescue effort began in April, NZFN has already distributed kiwifruit to more than 80 organisations across the country. The popular red kiwifruit started arriving at NZFN at the beginning of March from Seeka to be redistributed to its 65 nationwide Food Hubs which support local organisations on the front lines. Around 150 bins of red kiwifruit were processed, and sent to Kiwis in need. Gold kiwifruit processing and distribution is now underway. Zespri, the world's largest marketer of kiwifruit and long-time partner of NZFN is supporting the rescue efforts. Zespri Head of Global Public Affairs Michael Fox says, 'Our focus is always on getting as much of our growers' fruit to market as possible but we're proud to work with NZFN to ensure that fresh and healthy kiwifruit which doesn't quite meet our export standards but is still delicious and safe to eat, reaches those in need and makes a positive impact on our communities.' This initiative comes as NZFN's most recent Food Security Snapshot revealed that over half a million people are now being supported by NZFN's Food Hubs every month, with about a third of monthly recipients never seeking food support before. Yet alongside this increase in demand, the volumes of surplus donations have remained flat, at best, forcing many Food Hubs to reduce the size of food parcels or even turn away new recipients. 'Food insecurity remains a critical issue for many New Zealanders,' says Findlay. 'With many of our Food Hubs struggling with stock levels, collaboration between the private and public sector is important to plug those gaps in supply and ensure that good, nutritious produce is going to communities in need rather than ending up in the bin.' If the New Zealand Food Network could be a solution for your business, please get in contact via About New Zealand Food Network New Zealand Food Network (NZFN) is Aotearoa's largest national food rescue charity and for-purpose food distributor. With distribution centres in Auckland and Christchurch, it accepts bulk surplus and donated food from food producers, growers and manufacturers and redistributes to more than 60 food hubs (regional food rescues, iwi, food banks and other charities) so that they may feed the communities they serve. Via these food hubs, NZFN ultimately serves a network of more than 2,000 frontline organisations across the country. NZFN's services reduce GHG emissions from landfill and ensure a positive social impact by getting food to where it's needed most. NZFN's operations are primarily funded by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to help address the issue of food insecurity nationwide. In addition to distributing donated food, NZFN purchases low-cost pantry staples and other household essentials with funds raised to help keep its Food Hubs well stocked. It also serves as procurement partner for registered Food Hubs to purchase food, and can be activated in the event of an emergency to procure goods for MSD and government providers.
Scoop
26-05-2025
- Health
- Scoop
New Zealand Food Network Teams Up With Kiwifruit Industry To Rescue Kiwifruit To Tackle Food Insecurity
New Zealand Food Network (NZFN), the country's largest food support charity and national food rescue, is working with the kiwifruit industry this season to help feed communities in need. NZFN and its packhouse partners rescued and redistributed 160 tonnes of kiwifruit in 2024, and there continues to be growing demand for support to get healthy food into vulnerable New Zealand communities. With the support of Zespri and in partnership with a nationwide network of packhouses, NZFN is leading the charge to increase access to nutritious kai and reduce food waste in the agriculture sector. NZFN Chief Executive, Gavin Findlay, says, 'Fresh produce must pass through many hoops before it ends up on the supermarket shelves, such as needing to last long export journeys, or meeting quality standards – meaning some of the annual harvest doesn't make the cut but is still good to eat. With the help of our network of incredible organisations, we're making sure that it's going towards nourishing Kiwis who need it most.' Kiwifruit is among the most nutrient-dense fruits available, with a single gold kiwifruit providing an entire day's worth of vitamin C. Since the rescue effort began in April, NZFN has already distributed kiwifruit to more than 80 organisations across the country. The popular red kiwifruit started arriving at NZFN at the beginning of March from Seeka to be redistributed to its 65 nationwide Food Hubs which support local organisations on the front lines. Around 150 bins of red kiwifruit were processed, and sent to Kiwis in need. Gold kiwifruit processing and distribution is now underway. Zespri, the world's largest marketer of kiwifruit and long-time partner of NZFN is supporting the rescue efforts. Zespri Head of Global Public Affairs Michael Fox says, 'Our focus is always on getting as much of our growers' fruit to market as possible but we're proud to work with NZFN to ensure that fresh and healthy kiwifruit which doesn't quite meet our export standards but is still delicious and safe to eat, reaches those in need and makes a positive impact on our communities.' This initiative comes as NZFN's most recent Food Security Snapshot revealed that over half a million people are now being supported by NZFN's Food Hubs every month, with about a third of monthly recipients never seeking food support before. Yet alongside this increase in demand, the volumes of surplus donations have remained flat, at best, forcing many Food Hubs to reduce the size of food parcels or even turn away new recipients. 'Food insecurity remains a critical issue for many New Zealanders,' says Findlay. 'With many of our Food Hubs struggling with stock levels, collaboration between the private and public sector is important to plug those gaps in supply and ensure that good, nutritious produce is going to communities in need rather than ending up in the bin.' If the New Zealand Food Network could be a solution for your business, please get in contact via About New Zealand Food Network New Zealand Food Network (NZFN) is Aotearoa's largest national food rescue charity and for-purpose food distributor. With distribution centres in Auckland and Christchurch, it accepts bulk surplus and donated food from food producers, growers and manufacturers and redistributes to more than 60 food hubs (regional food rescues, iwi, food banks and other charities) so that they may feed the communities they serve. Via these food hubs, NZFN ultimately serves a network of more than 2,000 frontline organisations across the country. NZFN's services reduce GHG emissions from landfill and ensure a positive social impact by getting food to where it's needed most. NZFN's operations are primarily funded by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to help address the issue of food insecurity nationwide. In addition to distributing donated food, NZFN purchases low-cost pantry staples and other household essentials with funds raised to help keep its Food Hubs well stocked. It also serves as procurement partner for registered Food Hubs to purchase food, and can be activated in the event of an emergency to procure goods for MSD and government providers.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Avicena Announces Modular LightBundle™ Optical Interconnect Platform with > 1Tbps/mm I/O density and < 1pJ/bit
Avicena is unveiling its modular LightBundle interconnect platform with industry-leading power efficiency and density based on microLEDs, aimed at AI scale-up networks SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avicena, headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is announcing its new scalable LightBundle™ interconnect platform at OFC 2025 in San Francisco, CA ( LightBundle supports > 1Tbps/mm shoreline density and extends ultra-high density die-to-die (D2D) connections to > 10 meters at class leading sub-pJ/bit energy efficiency. This will enable AI scale-up networks to support large clusters of GPUs across multiple racks, eliminating reach limitations of current copper interconnects while drastically reducing power consumption. Increasingly sophisticated AI models are driving an unprecedented surge in demand for compute and memory performance, requiring interconnects with higher density, lower power, and longer reach for both processor-to-processor (P2P) and processor-to-memory (P2M) connectivity. Nowhere is the demand higher than in the scale-up domain of AI datacenters where GPUs in a compute cluster are densely interconnected. Today the typical scale-up interconnect is passive copper with a reach limited to ~1 meter, constraining a GPU cluster to a single rack. The LightBundle interconnect extends the reach to more than 10 meters, enabling a single cluster to scale to hundreds or even thousands of GPUs across multiple racks. At the same time, LightBundle dramatically reduces the power consumption of these interconnects, significantly easing power delivery and cooling burdens. The LightBundle interconnect is a modular transceiver chiplet-based architecture. Transceiver chiplets contain integrated microLED and PD arrays that are connected to other LightBundle transceiver chiplets via multi-core fiber bundles. They support dense, low power D2D interfaces such as UCIe or BOW. LightBundle chiplet transceivers are well-suited to various packaging architectures including co-packaged optics (CPO), on-board optics (OBO), and pluggable optical modules as well as active optical cables (AOC). Unlike silicon photonics, LightBundle interfaces can be integrated onto almost any IC process from a wide variety of foundries. "At Avicena, we are excited to announce our modular, ultra-low power, scalable chiplet interconnect based on our LightBundle technology," says Bardia Pezeshki, Co-Founder and CEO of Avicena. "Working with our hyperscale datacenter partners we have optimized our platform to address the specific needs of large clusters of GPUs in future Scale Up networks. We support shoreline densities of greater than 1Tbps/mm at power efficiencies at least 5x better than competing solutions." "As generative AI continues to evolve, the role of high bandwidth-density, low-power and low latency interconnects in scale-up networks cannot be overstated", says Michael Fox, Founder & Managing Partner of InflectionPoint Research. "Avicena's microLED based interconnect technology has the potential to deliver a paradigm shift in this domain of hyperscale AI Scale Up networks." Avicena at OFC 2025: In addition to showcasing its LightBundle interconnect technology at Booth #1956, Avicena will participate in the following events: Bardia Pezeshki, Co-Founder & CEO, will be presenting at the Workshop: How do Co-Packaged Optics Become Manufacturable? Workshops provide an opportunity for attendees to interact informally on particularly compelling technological March 30, 2025 – 16:00 – 18:30 Chris Pfistner, VP of Sales and Marketing, will be chairing Session 5 at the Optica Executive Forum:Photonic Interconnects in AI Clusters with speakers from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta & March 31, 2025 – 15:40 to 16:40 – Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA Chris Pfistner, VP of Sales and Marketing, will also be presenting at the Market Watch Session:MW Panel 5: Optical Network Evolution for AI/ML, Architectures & DriversThursday, April 3, 2025, 10:15 – 11:45 About Avicena AvicenaTech Corp. is a privately held company located in Sunnyvale, CA, developing LightBundle, a next generation optical interconnect architecture for AI/ML, HPC, sensors, 5G wireless and aerospace applications. This unique, flexible ultra-low energy technology is based on microLEDs, offering both very high bandwidth and low latency. Now, system designers can disaggregate functions like compute and memory and radically grow system throughput. Avicena's technology is a key building block in the evolution of networking and computing that will reduce the energy impact on our planet. For more information, visit View source version on Contacts Avicena Media Contact:Sama Pourmojibemail: sama@ Sign in to access your portfolio
